Re: Teen hits 2624, jumps to 3rd Avenue

Most of those were upstate troopers rotated down. MTA-PD and NY National Guard were present also, as well as NYPD. Over the last year or so NYS police have staffed up the NYC group and taken to patrolling the highways. There was an old TBTA policy that BTO's would not routinely carry weapons, only the sergeants and lieutenants. Obviously, that had to be changed and it was. Now, you only occasionally see other agencies at the crossings, except during periods of heightened security, or something like a truck inspection day.